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1、UnitOneWordsandTheirStoriesAdditionalReadingEnglishProverbsCharactersTeacherofEnglish:MsSmith(MS)Students:Li(LI),Mao(MA),Anne(AN),Rivera(RI)MS:Goodmorning,everyone.Ihopeyouallknowwhatweareherefor.Thetopicofourdiscussionthismorningis“EnglishProverbs”.LI:So,I’mintherightgroup.MA:Me,t
2、oo.RI:Me,too.MS:ButIwastoldwewouldhavefour…andyet…AN:I’mcoming.Goodmorning.AmIlate?MS:Morning.“Speakofangelsandyouheartheirsongs.”AN:Isthataproverbreferringtomycoming?MS:Exactly.LI:WehaveasayinginChinese,whichIthinkisverycloseinmeaning…MA:SpeakofCaoCaoandheappears.MS:Right.Well,“fi
3、rstthingsfirst”.Aproverbisatraditionalsayingwhichoffersadviceorpresentsamoralinashortandbriefmanner.Aproverbnormallyisasentence,intowhichthewriteroftenworksrhyme.Forinstance,“Eastorwest,homeisbest.”Sometimesitcomesoutintheformofaphrase.MA:I’veseendictionariesofproverbs.MS:Well,ther
4、earethousandsofproverbs.Theyfallintothreemaincategories.Thoseofthefirsttypetaketheformofabstractstatements.Theyexpressgeneraltruths.Herearetwogoodexamples:“Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.”and“Amanwhoneglectshisstudiesinyouthwillregretitinlateryears.”RI:Ithinkthereissometruthinbothproverbs
5、.Toencourageapersonwhohashadlittleeducationforsomereasonasayoungman,wemayusetheformer.Withus,Iguessthelatterworks.MS:Soyouhavetokeepthisinmind.Neveruseproverbsoutofcontext.“Oneman’smeatisanotherman’spoison.”LI:Isee.Then,whatisthesecondtype?MS:Thesecondtypeusesspecificobservationsfr
6、omeverydayexperiencetomakeageneralpoint.AN:“Don’tputallyoureggsinonebasket.”Doesitfallintothesecondcategory?MS:You’reright,dear.Thenthethirdtypeconsistsofsayingsfromparticularareasoftraditionalcustomsandbeliefs.“Afterdinner,restawhile;aftersupper,walkamile.”isanexampleofthistype.Su
7、chproverbsareoftenrelatedtoagriculture,theseasons,andtheweather.LI:Manypeopleholdtheopinionthatproverbsaregoingoutoffashion.Isthattrue?MS:Thefactis,assomeoldonesarefallingintodisuse,newonesarebeingcreated.Thecomputerworldhasrecentlygivenuslotsofthem.AN:I’vegotone:“Rubbishin,rubbish
8、out.”MA:Italsogoes“Garbage
